BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation Inc., a nonprofit looking to invest in early-stage companies, has named the members of its investment committee and will start selecting candidates for investment at the committee’s first meeting Jan. 21, it said in a news release.

BrightStar is a nonprofit that hopes to promote job creation and economic growth by investing in young Wisconsin companies. It was founded by eight business leaders and early-stage investors who pledged nearly $6 million to establish it, the release said. Co-founders include Milwaukee super-angel investor George Mosher; Jeff Rusinow, founder of Milwaukee’s first angel network, Silicon Pastures; and three siblings of the prominent Shannon family. Tom Shannon is the president and CEO.

The investment committee will include five of the eight founders and five non-founders. The non-founders are: